[EL] President Trump Picks Kavanaugh

[Daniel Tokaji]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-nominee.html


On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Daniel Tokaji <dtokaji at gmail.com> wrote:

> If You Follow Election Law Blog on Twitter . . .
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99959>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 8:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99959> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> I’ll post updates on my Twitter account (@Title52law
> <https://twitter.com/Title52law>) while Rick is out this week
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99929>. And don’t worry, I almost never
> use it for anything else.
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> Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
> SCOTUS Decision Day Roundup <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99949>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 8:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99949> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> President Trump is scheduled to announce his nominee in prime time
> tonight, with Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge, and
> Thomas Hardiman the four reported finalists.  Coverage and analysis from
> 538
> <https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-4-potential-nominees-would-change-the-supreme-court/>
> , NYT
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-nominee.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics>
> , Politico
> <https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/09/trumps-supreme-court-pick-thomas-hardiman-and-brett-kavanaugh-702297>
> , RCP
> <https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/06/ranking_trumps_supreme_court_choices.html>
> , WSJ
> <https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-weighs-supreme-court-candidates-as-decision-nears-1531086183>
> , WaPo
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-weighs-top-picks-for-supreme-court-amid-last-minute-maneuvering/2018/07/08/4a65b1b8-82d3-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.c77658e0cd91>
> .
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
> Trey Grayson on Automatic Voter Registration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99957>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 8:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99957> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> The former Kentucky Secretary of State (2004-11) and NASS president
> (2009-10), a Republican, offers his thoughts
> <https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2018/07/09/opinion-ohio-should-adopt-automated-voter-registration-verification/751148002/>:
> “We can all agree that outdated voter rolls are a problem that must be
> addressed to safeguard the integrity of our elections. Automated Voter
> Registration Verification is a nonpartisan solution that ensures that voter
> lists are accurate and that eligible voters can participate in our
> elections.”
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> Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
> Tokaji on Abbott v. Perez: Bad Reading Invites Discriminatory Redistricting
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99951>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99951> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> My thoughts on the Take Care Blog
> <https://takecareblog.com/blog/abbott-v-perez-bad-reading-invites-discriminatory-redistricting>
> .
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> Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> Coming Monday at 1:30 PM Eastern: Live Webcast of 8th Annual UCI Law
> Supreme Court Term in Review <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99927>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99927> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> [Bumping to the top.]
>
> Can’t wait for this,
> <http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2018.html> coming
> on the day of the expected announcement of President Trump’s nominee to
> replace Justice Kennedy:
> *Livestream >* <https://livestream.com/accounts/867536/events/8239872>
>
> This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s key
> cases decided in the October 2017 term, with an all-star panel of Supreme
> Court jurists, journalists, and legal scholars.
> Panelists
>
> *Moderated by Rick Hasen
> <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>, Chancellor’s
> Professor, UCI Law*
>
>    - Erwin Chemerinsky
>    <https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky/>,
>    Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
>    - Hon. Goodwin Liu <http://www.courts.ca.gov/15450.htm>, Associate
>    Justice, California Supreme Court
>    - Erin E. Murphy
>    <https://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=12020>,
>    Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
>    - Alexandra Natapoff
>    <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/natapoff/index.html>,
>    Professor, UCI Law
>    - Leah Litman
>    <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/litman/index.html>,
>    Assistant Professor, UCI Law (Q&A panel only)
>    - Nina Totenberg <https://www.npr.org/people/2101289/nina-totenberg>,
>    NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent** *
>
> **Please note, Nina Totenberg will instead be appearing via video
> interview due to the anticipated announcement of a Supreme Court nominee on
> July 9.*
>
> Viewers may submit questions via Twitter (@UCILaw
> <http://twitter.com/ucilaw> or @rickhasen <https://twitter.com/rickhasen>),
> using the hashtag *#ucilawscotus* at the end of your question.
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
> “The Supreme Court vs. Democracy” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99945>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99945> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Ezra Klein at Vox
> <https://www.vox.com/2018/7/9/17546170/supreme-court-donald-trump-nominee>
> :
>
> [T]he Supreme Court’s conservative bloc doesn’t just reflect the outcomes
> of America’s undemocratic electoral rules; it is writing and, in some
> cases, rewriting them, to favor the Republican Party — making it easier to
> suppress votes, simpler for corporations and billionaires to buy elections,
> and legal for incumbents to gerrymander districts to protect and enhance
> their majorities.
>
> The Supreme Court has always been undemocratic. What it’s becoming is
> something more dangerous: anti-democratic.
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
> Eighth Circuit Opinion in Ferguson VRA Case
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99942>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99942> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Judge Kelly’s opinion
> <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/FF-Circuit-Court-Opinion-2018.pdf>
>  in *Missouri St. Conf. NAACP v. Ferguson-Florissant Sch. Dist*.  affirms
> the district court’s decision <http://electionlawblog.org/?s=ffsd&x=0&y=0> that
> the school district’s at-large elections violate Section 2 of the Voting
> Rights Act.  The Eighth Circuit concludes that African American voters can
> make a Section 2 claim even if they’re a numerical majority of the voting
> age population (pp. 7-9). It also affirms the district court’s conclusion
> that plaintiffs had proven white bloc voting, including its finding that
> “special circumstances” in 2014 and 2015 explain black-preferred candidates
> success in those years (pp. 11-16).
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> Grofman on Proving Partisan Gerrymandering
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99939>
> Posted on July 9, 2018 6:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99939> by Dan
> Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> In Monkey Cage. <https://wapo.st/2KWX8TW>  Citing recent racial and
> partisan gerrymandering decisions, he concludes:
>
> Many experts, including me, had hoped the Supreme Court would declare a
> standard for finding districts had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered
> for partisan advantage that looked at effects statewide. A
> district-specific standard is the next best thing, and completely
> manageable, if we adapt tools from the cases described above.
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> Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
> “Battle Lines Drawn Over the Census Citizenship Question: Challenges in
> Federal Courts Before the Count Begins”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99936>
> Posted on July 7, 2018 12:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99936> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Jeff Wice writes.
> <http://rockinst.org/blog/battle-lines-drawn-over-the-census-citizenship-question/>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
> Michigan Supreme Court, with 5 Justice Republican-backed Majority, Will
> Decide Whether Citizen Redistricting Measure Can Go on the Ballot
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99933>
> Posted on July 6, 2018 1:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99933> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The Michigan Supreme Court’s order:
> <http://courts.mi.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/Clerks/Documents/2017-2018/157925/157925_70_MSC%20order_OA.pdf>
>
> On order of the Court, the motions for leave to file briefs amicus curiae
> and the motion for leave to file response to amicus curiae brief are
> GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the June 7, 2018 judgment and
> order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. At oral
> argument the parties shall address whether the proposal at issue is
> eligible for placement on the November 2018 general election ballot as a
> voter-initiated constitutional amendment under Const 1963, art 12, § 2, or
> whether it is a revision to the constitution and therefore is ineligible
> for placement on the ballot.
>
> We direct the Clerk to schedule the oral argument in this case for July
> 18, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. The total time allowed for oral argument shall be 60
> minutes: 30 minutes for plaintiffs, and 30 minutes for defendants and
> intervening defendants, to be divided at their discretion. MCR 7.313(B)(1)
> and 7.314(B)(1).
>
> Bridge:
> <https://www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/michigan-justices-backed-opponents-redistricting-proposal-may-decide-its-fate>
>
> On the morning of April 17, the campaigns of two Michigan Supreme Court
> justices facing reelection this year held a fundraiser inside the
> headquarters of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
>
> Eight days later, a committee that uses the chamber’s address and has so
> far received $185,000 in support from the chamber this year filed a lawsuit
> challenging a ballot effort to overhaul how Michigan draws legislative
> districts. It’s a suit that may soon land before the two justices
> benefitting from the April 17 fundraiser ‒ Kurtis Wilder and Elizabeth
> Clement ‒ and their five colleagues on the state Supreme Court.
>
> (H/t Jim Malewitz
> <https://twitter.com/Jmalewitz/status/1015327517987819521>)
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> Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
> Today’s Must-Read: Ned Foley on Justice Kennedy and Voting Rights
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99931>
> Posted on July 6, 2018 9:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99931> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Deep, insightful post from Ned
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/07/voting-rights-in-justice-kennedys-constitution/>
>  at SCOTUSBlog:
>
> Justice Anthony Kennedy’s jurisprudence on voting rights must be
> understood in the context of his overall constitutional philosophy. While
> certainly appreciative of the role that democratic elections play as part
> of the republican form of government established by the Constitution — see,
> for example, his concurrences in *U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thorton
> <https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1456.ZO.html>* (1996) and *Cook
> v. Gralike <https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-929.ZO.html>* (2001)
> — Kennedy did not view voting rights as having a paramount status within
> the pantheon of constitutional rights.
>
> Nor did Kennedy consider the protection of voting rights as legitimating
> the rest of the Constitution. Rather, he saw voting rights as important
> insofar as they were part of the Constitution. For him, it was the priority
> of the Constitution itself that gave voting rights their significance. The
> hierarchy of authority, as he saw it, ran from the Constitution to
> democracy, not the other way around.
>
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>
> Daniel P. Tokaji
>
> Associate Dean for Faculty | Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law
>
> The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
>
> 55 W. 12th Ave. | Columbus, OH 43210
>
> 614.292.6566 | tokaji.1 at osu.edu
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>> Off the Grid Next Week; Dan Tokaji Guest Blogging
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99929>
>>
>> Posted on July 6, 2018 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99929> by *Rick
>> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> After Monday’s SCOTUS term-in-review event
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99927> at UCI Law, I’m taking a vacation.
>> I might put up one post on Trump’s nominee.
>>
>> The great Dan Tokaji
>> <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/professor/daniel-p-tokaji/> will be
>> guest blogging June 9-15. Please direct any pitches or ELB inquiries to
>> him <tokaji.1 at osu.edu>.
>>
>> I’ll be back on July 16.
>>
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>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
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